Unit 8. Country life and city life

- movies/ theaters
- peaceful
Country life City life
- cheap
- friendly
- fresh foods
- fresh air
- quiet
- beautiful views
- paddy fields
- small houses
- noisy
- traffic jams
- expensive
- kinds of goods
- polluted
- tall buildings
- zoos/ parks
- busy
Na
Thursday, December 20th, 2007
Period 45: - Getting started (P72)
- Listen and read (P72-73)
- Language Focus 4 (79)

I. Vocabulary.
1. peaceful (adj.):
- thanh bình, hoà bình
2. a relative:
3. a remote area:
4. accessible (adj.):
5. medical facilities:
6. permanently (adv.):
- họ hàng
- vĩnh viễn, mãi mãi
- vùng xa xôi hẻo lánh
- phương tiện y tế
- có thể tiếp cận được
Ii. matching.


1. peaceful (adj.):
- vùng xa xôi hẻo lánh
2. a relative:
3. a remote area:
4. accessible (adj.):
5. medical facilities:
6. permanently (adv.):
- phương tiện y tế
- có thể tiếp cận được
- họ hàng
- vĩnh viễn, mãi mãi
- thanh bình, hoà bình
A B
Listen and read
4. Comprehension Questions.
Where has Na been?
How long was she there?
What is her opinion of the countryside?
Na says: “There is nothing to do” . What does she means by this?
What are some of the changes that Hoa mentions?
Do you prefer the city or the countryside? Why?
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a. Where has Na been?
b. How long was she there?
c. What is her opinion of the countryside?
d. Na says: “There is nothing to do” . What does she means by this?
e. What are some of the changes that Hoa mentions?
f. Do you prefer the city or the countryside? Why?
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a
LN
f
LN
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b
LN
Answers:
She has been to Kim Lien village.
She was there for the weekend.
To her, it’s very quiet and peaceful and there’s nothing to do.
That means there are no TV, no movies, no zoos….. to go.
Many remote areas are getting electricity. People can now have things like refrigerators and TV. Medical facilities are more accessible.
…..
5. writing: make comparisons between the country life and the city life about these things:  - food - air - traffic - medical facilities - transport - air  - entertainment - schools - electricity - housesusing these adjectives: - busy - good  - big/ small - accessible  - easy - beautiful - poor - fresh  - bad - expensive
Ex1: The food in the country is cheaper than the food
in the city.
Or The country food is cheaper than the city food.
Ex2: The city food is more expensive than the country food.
6. homework.
Learn by heart the new words and practice writing them.
Write the comparisons between the country life and the city life in your notebooks.
Prepare Speak.